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Introduction
by John Nightingale, President
It is my great pleasure to add a few words as an introduction to the new IHE Yearbook. In an era when everything appears to be online, we feel it is still appropriate to produce a publication which can become a handy reference guide for our members throughout the next 12 months and remind them of the work of the Institute and what can be achieved both individually and collectively by their involvement as a member.
The IHE has made significant progress over the last two years and is quickly establishing itself, in line with our mission statement, as the Institute of Choice for highway professionals.
In the areas of traffic signing, traffic signals, asset management and winter and highway maintenance we are regarded as the leading professional body promoting both good practice and establishing professional standards to which our members seek to aspire.
We have strong associations with other like-minded bodies and organisations and together are striving to ensure that we are recognised for our work and that we maintain and strengthen the professional competence of those involved in looking after the nation’s infrastructure.
You will learn throughout this publication of the varied and substantial successes we have achieved and of our future plans and proposals and I hope you are proud to be part of a strong and committed institute which seeks to maximise its position and support the day to day work of its members.
However any mention of our achievements could not be complete without my thanks to the efforts and skills of our staff members, Senior Presidential team, Portfolio Group Leads and Council Members. Their hard work and commitment have enabled us to achieve many of the goals we set ourselves. As we look forward to the next year and on to our 50th anniversary in 2015 they all are aware that we need to maintain this endeavour if we are to retain our strong profile.
I hope you enjoy this Yearbook, our first for several years, and I hope it inspires you to become a more active member of the Institute, to seek to raise your qualifications and professional status and to enable you to encourage more colleagues to enlist as members and join a strong and committed group of highway professionals.
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Contents
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Introduction 3
Annual Review 6
Siemens 7
Looking ahead to 2015 8
About the IHE 10
Useful Contacts 12
Membership & Qualifications 16
About the Presidential Team 20
Branches & Contacts 22
Engineer Council & Awards 26
Professional Certificates 29
Corporate Partners 30
Maintenance 32
IHE 2014 Events Schedule 43
Traffic signing 44
Intelligent Transport Systems 46
Moving Traffic Enforcement 49
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It would not have been possible to embark on the change programme without the excellent leadership of Steve Spender who stood down as President in June 2012, but who was able to provide the vision and steadfastness to drive the Institute forward towards its renewed goals.
One major piece of work undertaken has been the review of the Institute’s Articles of Association. There has been a comprehensive rewrite of this core document which is now more easily understood and relevant whilst the actual changes are quite small in number.
We have been successful in improving our information services both to members and the general media. Our members’ eBulletins have been enthusiastically received and readership statistics have risen significantly. We are particularly proud of our new website and this went live in autumn 2013. We are now regularly asked to comment on national and local issues by the national press, and members and staff have made a large number of radio interviews.
Annual Review
by Richard Hayes – Immediate Past President
Last year’s annual review detailed the process and structural changes Council felt necessary to put in place to ensure the Institute not only had a robust business plan but was able to operate on a secure financial footing. The last 12 months has seen further and continuing changes required to meet the challenges of the current highway industry. In June 2012 we appointed a new Chief Executive, Stephen Palmer. Stephen has continued the good work undertaken as interim CEO and both the 2012 and 2013 financial results have shown successive years of activity in surplus.
Work is progressing on a new experiential route to professional engineering status for managers and others who may not be able to produce a project-based technical report but are operating at the required level. This experiential route will allow a significant number of our members to achieve recognised status through demonstration of their acquired learning and management competencies. Pilot reviews took place in June 2014.
2013 saw a fundamental review of the branch boundaries led by Senior VP Tony Kirby. New branches have been formed and the boundaries of others revised. Gareth Milner leads on the setting of new arrangements in areas where activity has been dormant in recent years.
IHE Council has continued to take its meetings around the country taking the opportunity to meet local branches and members. This has been successful not only for branches but also for Council members in forging improved relationships. From June 2013, changes to the IHE Executive Board means that all the portfolio lead positions are filled by non-officers.
This change will extend the range of council members responsible for IHE activities and presents a great opportunity for the individuals to experience the diverse and multifaceted disciplines undertaken by members.
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As corporate partners of the Institute of Highway Engineers, our development programme is aligned to the Professional Certificate in Traffic Signal Control ensuring that our teams receive training in specifically focused areas required to practice in the industry.
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Operational supportSiemens offers system support services that can provide cost effective solutions for network management. This can be from system configuration through to remote or on-site system operation over varying timescales and can be tailored to a specific requirement.
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Our stability is now significantly improved, a fact recognised by The Engineering Council who have been very supportive of our efforts.I am also proud of our continuing efforts to reconnect with our members. Taking the IHE council meetings out to
the branches has not only made the governance of the IHE more transparent but has also given council members the opportunity to take advice from branches, which remain vital in the development and expansion of the IHE.
There have been many other milestones along the way including granting of a licence to assess Chartered Engineers, changes to the IHE governance procedures and constitution, and significant improvements in our profile as a leading body, influencing policy across our sectors. But for me it’s time to look forward.
In June 2014 I was honoured to be elected President of the Institute and shall serve 2 years with Tony Kirby as my Senior Vice President and with the wise counsel of Richard Hayes as Immediate Past President. Elections for Junior Vice President confirmed Jonathan Pearson to
Looking ahead to 2015
John Nightingale, President
Becoming an Incorporated Engineer through the IHE in 2002 was a significant turning point in my professional career and I have been pleased and privileged to work for the Institute for the past decade. I was honoured to be elected Junior Vice President in 2010 and I am proud to have been part of the presidential team for the last three and a half years. Under the excellent leadership of Tony Sharp, Steve Spender and Richard Hayes, the Institute has gone through a significant transition, perhaps the most important element of which is the stabilisation of its finances, making it viable for the foreseeable future.
this important role. Having recently relocated to Lincoln, I was delighted that the Annual General Meeting took place at The Hilton Doubletree Hotel in Lincoln and was accompanied by an excellent conference on Floods & SuDs.
My presidency will build on the excellent work undertaken in recent years and concentrate on two key areas, membership and profile.On membership it is vital that the Institute both retains the confidence of existing members whilst continuing to reach out to new colleagues. Retaining and increasing our membership will not only secure our future but will also give us the opportunity to expand the services and support we provide, increasing our influence of policy makers and making us truly “The Institute of Choice for Highway Engineers.”
There are significant opportunities for us to expand, bringing in both more front line staff and providing a home for more senior managers. The evolution of our registration processes including professional certificates and non-standard route options such as the technical report and experiential options, will be vital tools in achieving this aim. I also see our corporate partners’ initiative as an important way to strengthen our connections within the industry and make the IHE accessible to their workforce.
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Looking ahead to 2015
My sincere thanks go to our current partners and I hope to see many more. It is also vital that we continue to improve the support we give to branches. They are an essential part of the Institute, giving support and encouragement to colleagues. Branches are also fertile ground for future council members. I would encourage you all to get involved in the branch network and consider volunteering to join us in the governance of the IHE.
In terms of raising our profile, the presidents with the support of our CEO Steve Palmer have over recent years made significant strides in this area. With the IHE stepping up both its political and media activities and getting us noticed by decision makers, we will continue to build on this throughout my tenure.
In 2015 it will be fifty years since the formation of The Association of Highway Technicians (AHT) from which the IHE was born, this will be a key vehicle for raising both our membership and profile. Celebrations will begin next year with important initiatives to recruit and retain members as well as significant events to both celebrate our longevity and set us on course for the next fifty years.
In conclusion I am particularly grateful for the continued support of the council and the wider membership and I am looking forward to working closely with more of you.
John Nightingale MSc(Eng), CEng FIHE MCIHT
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About the IHE
ABOUT IHEThe Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) is the UK’s only national professional Institute which puts specialist highway and traffic practitioners first. We help engineers achieve and maintain the highest levels of professional competence.
Founded in 1965, we’re proud of our long history serving professionals working in the highways sector.
IHE is run by, and for, engineers, technicians and allied professionals. We’re experts in highway maintenance, traffic and transportation, road safety, highway design, traffic signal control, bridge maintenance, construction, development management and the public realm.
Our vision is to be the Institute of choice for Highway Engineers.
Our mission is to provide professional development opportunities, support and leadership for individuals to achieve and maintain professional recognition.
HOw IHE IS RUNIHE’s Executive Board oversees the Institute‘s management and comprises the Presidential team and Portfolio Group leads together with two scrutiny representatives. IHE’s Council set the policy agenda for the Institute and take an active role in determing its direction.
Council is headed up by a Presidential team (President, two Vice Presidents, a Past President and Treasurer) who are all elected officers. Also sitting on Council are 12 directly elected ordinary members, three regional members and up to four nominated members and two student members.
Council’s 26 elected members take part in four Portfolio Groups, Membership and Qualifications, Communications and External Affairs, Professional Development and Recuitment and Member Services. Officers are elected in March, take office at the June AGM and normally serve for two years. Members can serve for two terms of three years, but must then stand down for at least a year. All IHE members are encouraged to get involved and seek nomination for council vacancies.
Nomination ballots go out to all members in May if there are more nominees than vacancies.
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Useful Contacts
Head Office De Morgan House 58 Russell Square, London
Chief ExecutiveStephen PalmerTel: 020 30732632Email: [email protected]
Membership ManagerCatherine Sullivan (Maternity Leave)Tel: 020 30732634Email: [email protected]
Finance ManagerBhupinder PannuTel: 020 30732634Email: [email protected]
Membership & Registration ExecutiveJulie ClarkeTel: 020 30732635Email: [email protected]
Membership Executive Dahska JobanputraTel: 020 30732634Email: [email protected]
Administration ExecutiveGeorgia HollidayTel: 020 30732631 and 020 74367487Email: [email protected]
Events ManagerAlan NewmanTel: 020 30732638Email: [email protected]
Events CoordinatorCherrie OuerghiTel: 020 30732633Email: [email protected]
webCheryl BrownEmail: [email protected]
IHE OFFICERS 2014/2015
President John Nightingale Tel: 01522 751010Email: [email protected]
Senior Vice President Tony Kirby Tel: 01482 679911Email: [email protected]
Junior Vice President Jonathan Pearson Tel: 01223 715560 Email: [email protected]
Past President Richard Hayes Tel: 01642 607708 Email: [email protected]
Honorary Treasurer Ellie Gormley Tel: 01952 384610 Email: [email protected]
IHE REgIONAL MEMBERS
John DymottTel: 07811 519254 Email: [email protected]
IHE ORdINARY MEMBERS Simon BennettTel: 01924 862815 Email: [email protected]
Peter DipperMob: 07703 482142Email: [email protected]
James HoughtonTel: 01522 550272Email: [email protected]
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Useful Contacts
Gareth MilnerTel: 07932 678592Email: [email protected]
Dean MyhillTel: 01522 550312Email: [email protected]
Chris SaundersTel: 0118 9373949Email: [email protected]
Carl SkeltonTel: 01482 395726Email: [email protected]
Colin SubryanTel: 020 3054 2530Email: [email protected]
Diane WareTel: 0845 1688641Email: [email protected]
Stephen WebbTel: 01823 281190Email: [email protected]
Mark YoungmanTel: 01268 297579Email: [email protected]
IHE NOMINATEd MEMBERS
Chris BowleyTel: 01737 247845Email: [email protected]
Julian BrowneTel: 01214 574100Email: [email protected]
James CrossTel: 01433 631 996Email: [email protected]
Anthony SuterTel: 01276 474399Email: [email protected]
IHE ENgINEERINg COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
Andrew ThurstonTel: 020 7939 6358Email: [email protected]
IHE ACAdEMIC STANdARdS PANEL
Paul ChaplinEmail: [email protected]
Ian CrossEmail: [email protected]
John HoppittEmail: [email protected]
Paul WhiteheadEmail: [email protected]
THE ExECUTIVE BOARd
John Nightingale (Chair)Mob: 07538 101335Email: [email protected]
Richard HayesTel: 01642 607708Email: [email protected]
Tony KirbyTel: 01482 679911Email: [email protected]
Ellie GormleyTel: 01952 384610Email: [email protected]
Jonathan PearsonTel: 01223 715560Email: [email protected]
Mark YoungmanTel: 01268 297579Email: [email protected]
Useful Contacts
Carl SkeltonTel: 01482 395726Email: [email protected]
Colin SubryanTel: 020 3054 2530Email: [email protected]
Peter DipperMob: 07703 482142Email: [email protected]
IHE PORTFOLIO gROUP CONTACTS
Recruitment and Member ServicesThe group comprises:
Chris BowleyTel: 01737 247845Email: [email protected]
James HoughtonTel: 01522 550272Email: [email protected]
Mark Youngman (Chair)Tel: 01268 297579Email: [email protected]
John DymottTel: 07811 519254 Email: [email protected]
Tony KirbyEmail: [email protected]
Gareth MilnerTel: 07932 678592Email: [email protected]
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Membership & Qualifications
The Membership and Qualifications portfolio group consists of a team of registered Engineers/Technicians from IHE Council, and also includes a representative from the Engineering Council. The group currently meets every two months and the business conducts supports and delivers some of the key services provided by the IHE.
Importantly, M&Q sets out and reviews the standards and requirements for membership of and professional registration with the IHE.
This main role involves the ratification of all professional review recommendations for Engineering Technician (Eng Tech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Chartered Engineer (CEng) registration through the Engineering Council, following the recent round of reviews.
Portfolio group members check all review documents against the proposals made by the professional review teams, providing an auditing role to ensure that decisions are being made in accordance with the required standards. In addition to the registrations, all applications for all memberships with the Institute are formally approved at M&Q.
The group is also responsible for a number of other activities which include:
• Having a strategic oversight of the Institute’s Professional Code of Conduct Activities
• Having responsibility for developing strategies for member recruitment and retention, and ensuring effective and efficient implementation, (current examples of these are the development of Experiential routes to registration and the simplification of routes from NVQ6 to IEng).
• Considering appeals against decisions on application or transfer.
• Providing a strategic overview of professional qualifications, education and standards and this involves membership of the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) and considering and approving JBM recommendations.
• Setting out and reviewing the strategy for the provision, development and monitoring of CPD.
• Approving Professional Reviewer applications and setting standards for Professional Reviews to help support the review pool in conducting Professional Reviews.
A new and exciting role of M&Q is that it makes annual nominations to IHE’s Council for Engineering Technician, Incorporated Engineer and Chartered Engineer of the Year awards. These are presented each year at the IHE’s Annual Dinner in June. The group comprises: Jonathan Pearson (Chair)Tel: 01223 715560Email: [email protected]
James CrossTel: 01228 673158Email: [email protected]
Peter Dipper Email: [email protected]
E GormleyTel: 01952 384610Email: [email protected]
Diane WareTel: 0845 1688641Email: [email protected]
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The JCT Traffic Signals Symposium & ExhibitionSeptember 18-19 University of Warwick
The Institute of Highway Engineers will be represented once again at the JCT Symposium & Exhibition. Many IHE members will be contributing to the paper sessions and the IHE will also be sponsoring an exhibition treasure hunt. JCT are delighted to welcome the IHE back and are offering a £45 discount off the full attendance price to IHE Full Members. Details of the Symposium and on line booking can be found on the JCT website where a range of past papers can also be downloaded.
The symposium will be in its 19th year in 2014 and continues to be the Premier UK Traffic Signals Conference Event. It brings traffic signal practitioners together with manufacturers, suppliers, academics and policy makers in a convivial environment and regularly attracts over 200 delegates and around 30 exhibitors. It is intended to run as an affordable conference that is accessible to all, regardless of experience. The symposium encourages the sharing of innovation and best practice and as far as paper content goes, the emphasis is on the signals community itself. JCT relies upon the submission of papers and presentations from working signal engineers, manufacturers, academics and policy makers, so if you have some experience that would be of interest to our community then please get in touch and we will help you present your findings and subsidise your attendance.
The Symposium is JCT’s flagship event which complements the wide range of national Training Courses offered by JCT. Courses are approved by the IHE and recognised for their contribution to Continuing Professional Development. Full details of all courses can be found on the JCT website which also has a schedule of forthcoming public courses. All JCT’s training can of course be offered in house, if you would like to know more simply e mail : [email protected].
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Membership & Qualifications
Howard Mallison (Engineering Council)Email: [email protected]
John NightingaleMob: 07538 101335Email: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL dEVELOPMENT
Julian Browne Tel: 01214 574100Email: [email protected]
Stephen Webb (Chair)Tel: 01823 281190Email: [email protected]
Mark YoungmanTel: 01268 297579Email: [email protected]
COMMUNICATIONS ANd ExTERNAL AFFAIRS
Colin Subryan (Chair)Tel: 020 3054 2530Email: [email protected]
Simon BennettTel: 01924 862815Email: [email protected]
Richard Hayes Tel: 01642 607708Email: [email protected]
Neil LevettTel: 01732 459683Email: [email protected]
Chris SaundersTel: 0118 9373949Email: [email protected]
Carl SkeltonTel: 01482 395726Email: [email protected] Anthony SuterTel: 01276 474399Email: [email protected]
IHE PRESIdENTJOHN NIgHTINgALE IHE Senior Vice President John Nightingale is a Director at JCT Consultancy, a specialist engineering consultancy behind LinSig software, which is used to design and model traffic signal intersections and networks. John oversees a team of specialist engineers delivering traffic signal design services and modelling to the UK and international market. He is also one of JCT’s trainers providing both public and in-house courses on signals design, modelling and audit and delivers JCT’s annual Traffic Signal Symposium. He has seen many facets of highway engineering and began his career as a signal maintenance engineer. John moved to Doncaster MBC in 1999 where he became an IEng, completed an MSc(Eng) at ITS in Leeds and finally became Chartered. Since becoming involved with IHE, he has mentored, reviewed and delivered seminars and training for the IHE.
IHE SENIOR VICE PRESIdENTTONY KIRBYIHE Senior Vice President Tony Kirby was elected in June 2012. Tony is Director of Local Transport Projects Ltd, a traffic engineering/transport planning practice based in Beverley, East Yorkshire. He started his highways career in 1988 with an indentured training scheme leading to an HNC in civil engineering and has worked within both the public and private sectors. Tony has been a Fellow of the Institute since becoming IEng in 1998. He has served on council since June 2008 and has held the Portfolio Holder for Recruitment and Member Services since 2011. Tony gained an MSc in European Traffic & Transportation in 2004.
IHE JUNIOR VICE PRESIdENTJOHNATHAN PEARSONJonathan Pearson was elected Junior Vice President in June 2014. Jonathan works for Cambridgeshire County Council, leading on developing and implementing highway asset management strategies. He started his Highways career in 1993, spending two years with Frank Graham Consulting Engineers as a Structures Technician on West London’s Highways Agency Contract. Since then his career in highways maintenance progressed within local government at both Norfolk and Lincolnshire County Councils, before joining Cambridgeshire in 2013. Jonathan joined the IHE in 2003 before becoming an Incorporated Engineer and Fellow in 2006. He achieved Chartered status in 2010. He has served on IHE’s Council since June 2010 and has been the Portfolio Lead for the Membership and Qualifications Group since 2012. Jonathan is an IHE representative on the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM).
IHE PAST PRESIdENTRICHARd HAYESRichard was the Western Area Manager for Highways and Neighbourhood Services at Northumberland County Council for ten years and headed up the county’s capital works on highways structure and street lighting. Previously, Richard worked in highways maintenance for Tees Borough Council for 25 years. Richard joined the Institute Council in 2004, initially as one of the first Graduate and Student representatives, before being elected a full member in 2007. He represents the Institute on the Construction Industry Council’s (CIC) Health and Safety Committee and the ADEPT Safety, Standards and Training Group. He is Chair of the North East Highways Performance Improvement Network and a member of the North East Winter Services Group, and also contributes to the Institute’s work on Highway Maintenance training and competency assessment.
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About the Presidential Team
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Branches & Contacts
1. SCOTLANdEmail: [email protected] ChairMartin Polland FIHETel: 01694 453592Email: [email protected]
SecretaryKenny McAnally FIHETel: 01698 552100Email: [email protected]
TreasurerAlistair Donald AMIHETel: 08451 555555Email: [email protected]
2. NORTHERNEmail: [email protected]
Chair Richard Hayes FIHETel: 01642 607708Email: [email protected]
3. YORKSHIRE & HUMBER Email: yorkshire&[email protected]
Chair John Rowley MIHETel: 01274 437413Email: [email protected]
Secretary Simon Bennett FIHETel: 01924 862815Email: [email protected]
Treasurer Karen Smith MIHETel: 01924 844080Email: karen.smith@sandersonassociates. co.uk
4. NORTH wESTERNEmail: [email protected]
Chair Bod Hindhaugh FIHETel: 01244 348127Email: [email protected]
5. EAST MIdLANdSEmail: [email protected]
Chair Dean Myhill FIHETel: 01522 550312Email: [email protected]
Secretary James Houghton FIHETel: 01522 550272Email: [email protected]
6. MERCIAEmail: [email protected]
Chair Ellie Gormley FIHETel: 01952 384610 Mob: 07960473188 Email: [email protected]
Secretary Jeff Upex FIHETel: 01743 276352Mob: 07795 302108Email: [email protected]
Treasurer Trevor Fletcher AMIHETel: 01215694292Email: [email protected]
7. NORTH wALESEmail: [email protected] Secretary Sion Williams FIHETel: 01492 539 200Email: [email protected] Evans Tel: 01824 706 957Email: [email protected]
8. SOUTH wALES Email: [email protected] Chair Jonathan Weeks MIHETel: 07875 049198Email: [email protected]. uk Secretary Matthew OwenTel: 01454 452150Email: [email protected]
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Branches & Contacts
Treasurer Lee Selway FIHETel: 07554 424341Email: [email protected]
9. CHILTERNSEmail: [email protected] Chair In Abeyance
10. EASTERNEmail: [email protected]
Chair Timothy Edmunds FIHETel: 01603 224435Mob: 07769 643276Email: [email protected]
Secretary Jonathan Pearson FIHETel: 01223 715560Email: [email protected]
Treasurer Derek Drew-Smith AMIHETel: 020 8489 1219Mob: 07805 851747Email: [email protected]
11. SOUTH EASTERNEmail: [email protected] Chair In Abeyance
12. SOUTHERNEmail: [email protected]
Chair Sara PegramTel: 01372 832168Email: [email protected]
Secretary Tony Suter AMIHETel:01276 474399Email: [email protected]
Treasurer Helen Currie FIHETel: 01483 518294Email: [email protected]
13. SOUTH wESTERNEmail: [email protected]
Chair David Jones FIHETel: 07747 532 824Email: [email protected]
Secretary Helen Pickett MIHETel: 01225 713376 Mob: 07770 703948 Email: [email protected]
Treasurer Stephen Webb FIHETel:07803 597059Email: [email protected]
14. gREATER LONdONEmail: [email protected] Chair Andrew Thurston FIHETel: 020 7939 6358Email: [email protected]
Secretary Colin Subryan MIHETel: 0203 0542530Email: [email protected] 15. NORTHERN IRELANdEmail: [email protected]
Chair Noel Potts FIHETel: 02891 465130Email: [email protected]
Secretary Jackson Minford MIHETel: 02825 662521Email: [email protected]
Treasurer Brian Johnston FIHETel: 0289 4460586Email: [email protected]
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Engineer Council & Awards
PROFESSIONAL REgISTRATIONThe Engineering Council is the UK regulatory body for the engineering profession and holds the national registers of 235,000 Engineering Technicians (EngTech), Information and Communications Technology Technicians (ICTTech), Incorporated Engineers (IEng) and Chartered Engineers (CEng).
In addition, the Engineering Council sets and maintains the internationally recognised standards of professional competence and ethics that govern the award and retention of these titles. This ensures that employers, government and wider society - both in the UK and overseas - can have confidence in the knowledge, experience and commitment of professionally registered engineers and technicians.
The benefits of registering with the Engineering Council through the IHE as an Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng), Chartered Engineer (CEng) include:
• Identifying you as having competences that employers value.
• Indicating that your competence and commitment to professionalism have been assessed by other engineering professionals.
• Demonstrating that your competence may be compared with standards applicable in other parts of the world.
• Confirming that your commitment to professionalism is underwritten by the support of a national engineering institution licensed by the Engineering Council.
• International recognition of your qualifications.
As a result, members of IHE who are also registrants often find that:
• It is easier to gain a promotion or a new job.• Their pay compares favourably with non-
registered engineers and increasingly against other qualified professionals.
• They have greater influence within their organisation and industry.
• Their engineering credentials are respected in most parts of the world.
• They have access to a network of similarly qualified and experienced experts in their field - through their institution.
• Their employers benefit as increasingly, tendering or post-tender contract compliance requires key members of the project team to have professional registration.
Engineers who are professionally registered with the Engineering Council as a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or Engineering Technician (Eng Tech) gain letters (post-nominals) after their name. Professional registration can increase your earnings potential, improve your career prospects and attain industry recognition for your years of experience, expertise and hard work.
You can join the relevant IHE grade based on experience or academic qualifications but if you would like to achieve Engineering Council registration levels, you will also need to go through a Professional Review. The IHE has held a licence to nominate members to the EC registers for over 40 years and is a Group B Institution with Engineering Council. IHE’s fair but rigorous professional review by your peers proves your professional commitment and technical competence. Our review process comprises a report of your experience, backed up by evidence and presented at an interview with two registered engineers if you’re applying for CEng or IEng. There is normally no interview for Eng Tech. There are also experience-only routes to all registered titles.
AwARdSEach year the following awards are presented to members who have excelled at their Professional Review:• Engineering Technician of the year• Incorporated Engineer of the year – The
Bryan Sefton-Smith award• Chartered Engineer of the year
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Entry Routes
Engineering Technician (EngTech)
or Incorporated Engineer (IEng)
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National Certificate or Diploma in Engineering
BSc in Engineering ortechnology
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HNC, HND in engineeringnormally started before 1999
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Experience and responsibility but no qualifications
Recent HND/FD + Further Learning
Accredited BEng (Hons) or BSc (Hons) in engineeringnormally started before 1999
Professional Review assessment of competence and commitment
*Further learning can be at college or at work. Alternatively, you can opt to write a Technical Report. Experiential Routes are available through individual assessment.
2014 AwARd wINNERSAndrew Higginson – Bryan Sefton-Smith Award
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Professional Certificates
IHE Professional Certificates accredit your skills as a specialist highways practitioner and confirm your competence to employers. Our competence statements are industry-tested and exemplify what practitioners are expected to know and deliver on-site.
Our certificates are awarded by IHE’s independent Steering Committee that includes representatives from Department for Transport, Highways Agency, Welsh Assembly, Buchanan, Atkins, SKM, Mott MacDonald and Essex County Council.
We offer certificates in a wide range of specialist highways areas and all highways practitioners can apply. IHE membership is not usually required, and you don’t need any specific academic qualifications. A training course may be required for some certificates.
IHE Professional certificates are available in:
• Development Management
• Traffic Signal Control
• Traffic Sign Design
• Highway Maintenance
• Winter Maintenance Decision Makers (2014)
• Public Realm
• Cycling Infrastructure – planning & design
• Road Safety Engineering (2014)
• Highway Asset Management (2014)
Practitioners working towards a specialist certificate are required to complete assignments. Applicants then submit a report and current work portfolio at interview with two senior professionals.
IHE Professional Certificates provide a foundation for the National Transportation Qualifications (NTQs). You can then progress and those with the right academic qualifications can go on to Engineering Council registration.
For further information on any of the ProfessionalCertificates including an application form, please contact the membership team at IHE on [email protected] or telephone the main office during opening hours.
PROFESSIONAL REgISTERSThe Institute of Highway Engineers administers the Highways Inspectors Register and Register for Road Safety Auditors.
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The IHE is proud to work in partnership with the following companies:
Becoming a Corporate PartnerIHE‘s corporate partner packages are tailored to suit your organisation, and include a range of benefits:• In-house ‘Preparing for Professional Review’ seminars to give advice and
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• Your logo displayed on the IHE website and offline communications.
• Your company showcased on the IHE website‘s corporate partners page.
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Asset management plans must be made mandatory to prevent further road network disrepair
The Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) has called for local authority asset management plans to be made mandatory as part of urgent action to prevent local roads from falling into further disrepair. Developing and implementing appropriate asset management policies and plans at the local authority level is vital to the long-term strategic management of the UK’s road network.
Asset management is a business-like approach to road maintenance and the IHE have repeatedly urged local authorities to put these plans into place.
Asset management addresses the mix and timing of strategies including maintenance, operation and new construction, needed to guarantee optimal service levels on the network over the lifespan of its individual component assets. It encourages efficient use of limited funds and is estimated by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) to provide a minimum of five per cent savings over the long term for full implementation.
However, many local authorities are looking to achieve greater returns with Cambridgeshire County Council’s recent highway asset management strategy expected to deliver them
financial efficiency savings of up to 20 per cent in its budgets.
Whilst additional funding is required to maintain the UK’s road network, it is asset management plans and policies which are needed in the long term to maximise these finances.
A key recommendation of the IHE co-sponsored All Party Parliamentary Report into Highways Maintenance, published in October 2013, was to make asset management plans mandatory in return for access to central government funds for road maintenance.
It also recommended achieving a satisfactory steady state on UK roads to enable local authorities to start making planned and preventative maintenance over the long-term.
This will require both more and secure funding for periodic and structural maintenance, along with efficient use of funding through asset management principles.
The IHE report said asset management plans varied according to regional needs and could incorporate a range of long-term measures including:
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• Implementing asset management plans to support additional government funding
• Ensuring staff have the required competencies and skills to manage assets effectively
• Utilising available funds and resources to reduce the worst defects on their local road network
• If possible, implementing permanent repair solutions that add value to the road network, rather than relaying patching or sticking plaster short-term treatments to the road condition
• Gaining political support to give maximum possible timescale to deliver preventive measures
• Taking a long term view to highway maintenance in order to maximise the benefits
Local authorities could take guidance from the asset management plans of Cambridgeshire and Hampshire County Councils who had differing approaches to the process.
The experiences of these two local authorities offer valuable guidance and case studies to other local authorities. Cambridgeshire County Council has recently developed its new asset management strategy while Hampshire County Council has a well-established and embedded strategy in place.
These two case studies demonstrate that local authorities need strong political support and a longer term programme of funding and interventions in their asset management plans.
CAMBRIdgESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL In 2012, on-going budget reductions at Cambridgeshire County Council’s Economy Transport and Environment directorate resulted in the need to transform its highway maintenance into a more asset management-focused service. In 2013, an asset management team was established and the council participated in one of the Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme (HMEP) strategic peer review pilots to help identify how well the authority approached asset management and what improvements should be considered.
A key outcome from the peer review was that the council’s highway maintenance should be focused around a long term view that would help maximise available resources and sustain the conditions of the county’s highway assets. It encouraged the council to build upon its existing strong platform and make a step change in highways management.
An implementation plan was produced in line with the findings from the peer review and advice from HMEP’s guidance documents. The main focus was to develop a high level policy and strategy for highway asset management with key activities and time frames.
An intensive workshop to further develop the strategy was held with partner Skanska, key officers and members and focused on the use of interactive Long Term Cost Prediction models.
This allowed live evaluation of various investment and maintenance strategies and resulted in a consensus on what was most important for Cambridgeshire and its future direction.
The resulting policy and strategy were approved by the county council’s cabinet in March 2014 and set out how the county’s highway network would be managed to make the best use of the authority’s available resources. The strategy:• Will deliver financial efficiency savings of up
to 20%.• Is driven by a detailed understanding of the
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• Adopts a preventative approach to the way the county’s roads and footways are maintained, moving away from the previous corrective approach which was costly and unsustainable.
• Maximises the life of highway assets by adopting a longer term approach in the selection of optimum maintenance interventions.
• Recognises the importance of all types of roads to local communities.
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• Aims to improve residents’ expectations of network condition and maintenance works to Cambridgeshire’s Highway network.
A review of existing service standards and intervention levels for reactive and planned maintenance are the council’s next steps for 2014/2015, and will result in publication of Cambridgeshire’s first Highway Infrastructure Asset Management Plan.
Jonathan Pearson C Eng, FIHE from Cambridgeshire County Council said, “Gaining buy in from senior officers and members across all political groups was one of the main benefits that the council achieved during the strategy development.”
“This helped us gain acceptance in taking a long term view to asset management, and allowed us to replace previous practice which was essentially based on a ‘worst first’ approach, and was both inefficient and expensive.”
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Hampshire County Council had traditionally used revenue maintenance funds to reactively repair potholes alongside an element of capital funding to support some planned maintenance. It recognised that this approach was not cost-
effective and the overall condition of the highway network had not improved.
From 2004, an asset management ethos began to develop as the council recognised that preventative treatments offered better long term improvements. The council set targets for improving performance based on national indicators and there was a growing awareness that asset management techniques would support delivering the required improvements.
Following severe winter weather in 2008-09, Hampshire recorded a significant number of potholes and deterioration in the condition of the network. The county council was awarded £2.6m of emergency capital funding from the Department for Transport to address the problem. Potholes and highway condition issues were considered by the council’s elected members who asked officers to evaluate the cost of both restoring the network to its pre-winter condition and improving the network’s overall condition.
Lifecycle plans were then developed for all asset types on the network and these assisted in determining the funding needed to deliver improved levels of service. This work was used to build the case that approximately £100m of additional funding was required to deliver the necessary
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improvements, and provide a highway network with improved resilience to adverse weather conditions whilst delivering the required level of service. The elected members agreed to undertake a level of prudential borrowing to cover the costs of the required investment over a seven year period.
Asset management tools were used to support decisions on where and how this additional funding should be spent, and enabled the council to build a robust argument to explain what could be achieved with correct, directed resources.
Steve Spender I Eng, FIHE from Hampshire County Highways said, “A major issue we had to overcome was making sure that the right resources were available for the authority, our contractors and suppliers to meet the additional workload and deliver the work created with the additional funding.”
Over the past two years, the authority has experienced an increase in positive public perception on the delivery of the highway maintenance service. It has also resulted in reduced network deterioration following successive severe winters and the overall road condition has stabilised.
IHE President Richard Hayes said asset management plans implemented by local authorities such as Cambridgeshire and Hampshire had led to proven successes and improvements.
However, the level of implementation varies among authorities and this underscores the need for government to make the asset management approach mandatory for all local authorities.
An asset management programme that includes lifecycle cost analysis, risk management, evaluating service standards and performance management, asset valuation, building a strong business case and long term investment planning has benefits for local authorities in the long-term. The risk of failing to take a long-term view will see UK’s road network deteriorate even further.He said despite a clear need for asset
management planning at the local authority level, there was a shortage of experience and knowledge in the field which was needed to make the most effective use of resources.
The IHE has developed a competency based training programme in asset management for local authority staff so there is a pool of qualified asset management practitioners that will consider an asset over its whole life cycle and resist short-term actions.
IHE’s asset management courses provide entry level and experienced asset managers with tailored advice on best practice.
For more information on IHE asset management courses visit www.theihe.org.
A YORKSHIRE APPROACH TO ROAd MAINTENANCECovering an area of 1000 square miles, the goal for East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s (ERYC) Network Maintenance Team was to carry out the core highway maintenance operations of paving and surface dressing faster, more efficiently, more economically, and with increased operational control than that being achieved previously. In addition they aimed to maintain framework partnerships with local suppliers whilst utilising their own in-house operational skills, plant and equipment.
Smaller paving schemes, predominantly on the minor road network, had always been undertaken by the team but the works undertaken were limited in terms of turnover and saw much of that available being awarded to external contractors.
It was clear that the skills, commitment and aptitude were available in-house to undertake the larger highway maintenance projects, but this required an ambitious machinery investment programme to support the expansion of the works. This was set against a background of a national reduction in Public Sector spending and a far more ambitious “we can do it better” approach had to be adopted and ‘sold’.
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Following industry research, a Dynapac twin axle paving machine unit was purchased alongside additional surface dressing plant. These, together with a mobile welfare vehicle, ensured the very latest equipment and facilities were in place.
Carl Skelton, Group Manager with responsibility for the maintenance council’s highway network, quotes Pat Riley when he describes the reasons behind this step change in local service delivery: “Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” “More of the same was simply not good enough. Extending the capacity to undertake both small and larger scale quality paving and surface dressing works within ERYC allowed for valuable in-house skills to be retained and developed and also avoided the likelihood of external contractor market prices being raised as the ability to directly compare disappeared.”
In order to increase the council’s own turnover the works portfolio has been expanded to offer and carry out highway maintenance works on behalf of our neighbouring authorities through benchmarked partnership agreements. This has led to the achievement of best value, an increased sense of commitment and pride in working for other ‘customers’ and an improved service through the flexibility of quality local provision.
The industry trend of service externalisation has been bucked and highway maintenance operations retained and developed securing; a skilled, committed, motivated, flexible, in-house team. Enhanced quality results are achieved and value for money maintained through close collaboration with local framework suppliers of materials, small plant etc., boosting local business and economy.
The environment impact and public image of the council have improved through the provision of a holistic proactive and effective highway maintenance service. 90% of all recovered materials are reused and recycled and disruption to road users minimised through the direct control and timing of works through effective communication.
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IHE 2014 Events Schedule
Month Event Venue/ LocationJanuary 28-30 Part 2 Highway Asset Management Part 2 Essex In-HouseNov 6/7 2013 Part 1
January 21& February 20 Asphalt In-House, Hants CC Hampshire
February 19 Highway Law In-House, Hants CC Hampshire
March 4/5 Development Management Training Part 1 (residential) Aston
March 6 PPR London
March 26/27 Asset Management Part 1(residential) Aston
March 27 Asphalt – Best Practice London
April 08/09 Asset Management Part 2 (residential) Aston
April 28 – 1 May Traffic Signals Course (residential) Aston
May 1 IHE DfT TSRGD Roadshows Birmingham
May 7 IHE DfT TSRGD Roadshows Cardiff
May 9 IHE DfT TSRGD Roadshows Exeter
May 15 IHE DfT TSRGD Roadshows London, Palestra
May 16 AM & PM sessions IHE DfT TSRGD Roadshows London, 55 Broadway
May 13/14 Development Management Training Part 2 (residential) Aston
May 20 IHE DfT TSRGD Roadshows Leeds
June 9 IHE DfT TSRGD Roadshows Cambridge
June 10 PPR - Amey Room 4.1 Birmingham
June 12 day Conference 2014 - Floodwater - SuDs Lincoln, Hilton Double Tree
June 12 evening AGM & Annual Dinner Lincoln, Hilton Double Tree
June 23/24 Winter Services Training Part 1 (residential) Perth, Scotland
July 7/8 Winter Services Training Part 2 (residential) Perth, Scotland
Autumn Winter Maintenance (residential) London and South
September 16/17 Cycling Infrastructure/Planning & Design Part 1 (residential) Aston
October 9 PPR London
October 14/15 Cycling Infrastructure/Planning & Design Part 2 (residential) Aston
October 23 Highway Law London
November 12 Making best use of maintenance budgets – Jeff Farrington London
November 18 Traffic Signs Conference 2014 Aston
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The proposed traffic signs regulations & general directions 2015
Great Britain is widely acknowledged to have one of the best traffic signing systems in the world. The signs, in use since 1964, have become instantly recognisable and a familiar part of our everyday lives. This has played a key role in creating our good road safety record.
While the signs themselves continue to perform well, in recent years it’s become clear that the legislation that underpins them, the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), is out of date and in need of an overhaul. To help work out how it should change, THE DfT carried out a complete review of signing policy culminating in ‘Signing the Way’, published in 2011, which set out recommendations for delivering a modernised TSRGD.
Launched by The Minister for Transport, Robert Goodwill at an IHE/DfT event on 1 May 2014 in Birmingham, the draft schedules implement these recommendations to give a radically different TSRGD which will provide significant benefits for local authorities responsible for designing and installing signs on their roads.
TSRGD has been restructured to provide more flexibility and a much greater range of sign designs that should substantially cut the need for local highway authorities to seek authorisation for signs from DfT. This will be a significant saving for local authorities, and reflects the fact local authorities are best placed to know what signing solutions are suitable for their roads.
The new TSRGD allows more discretion in placing signs, in many cases removing the requirement for upright signs and markings to be placed together. It also relaxes the requirements for lighting signs, which is likely to save authorities money in energy costs.
These changes will also help them reduce sign clutter. It’s worth noting that on the whole the appearance of the signs themselves to road users will not change. DfT have worked very closely with those involved in all aspects of traffic signing including the Institute of Highway Engineers, to make sure that the new regulations will deliver what they need.
TSRGD is an unusually large and complex piece of legislation. Because of this the draft schedules included within the consultation documentation are not in their final versions. DfT have already shared much of the new approach with the IHE Signs Panel and a series of 8 regional roadshows and training workshops were held by the IHE in partnership with the DfT in May and June 2014. The IHE Signs panel will be formally responding to the DfT consultation before the close on 12 June.
The results of the formal consultation are expected in the autumn and these together with latest developments in Traffic signs and markings will be featured at the Signs1014 conference and exhibition to be held at Aston Business School, Birmingham on 18 November 2014. See the events page on the website at www.theihe.org for more details and a booking form.
Members of IHE can join a lively discussion forum on the subject of Traffic Management & Signing. Moderated by Simon Morgan, Chair of the IHE signs panel and principal at Buchanan Computing, members can keep up to date with signing developments and seek help from your peers if you encounter technical issues at work as well as sharing best practice. Simply visit http://theihe.org/tmforum/ to enrol.
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What is an Intelligent Transport System? – It’s a mixture of detectors, wireless links, computers, maps, information stores, working together to deliver a range of services such as passenger transport ticketing, traffic and travel information, guidance to car park spaces, route guidance and traditional traffic signal control. ITS isn’t just new technology, it’s also about making traditional techniques work better, faster, or with less cost. ITS allows existing technology to be connected to improve and join up transport. Here’s some examples:
1. We used to think of traffic control and public transport as two separate activities. We now use ITS to send information to bus stops telling travellers what service is on the way and when it is likely to arrive, PLUS we can send messages to the traffic control centre so that the bus (and in the same way, ambulances and fire engines) can have a priority passage through the city network.
2. Managing natural disasters – when Worcester flooded in 2008 detectors reported what roads were in a bad state or completely closed and the control centre was able to send messages to roadside displays and radio stations telling drivers what routes were blocked, and the best ways to divert round the trouble.
3. ITS can count vehicles into and out of car parks, look at the flows on the approaching roads and send smart messages to drivers giving them information, not on the number of vacancies while they are still 5Km away, but on the likely number when they arrive.This reduces wasted travel and cuts driver frustration.
4. Old style pedestrian-controlled road crossings allow a fixed time for people to transfer. New crossing designs with movement detectors are much smarter – they recognise that a group of children, say, has skipped across very quickly and change the lights to let the traffic move. But they also detect a person crossing over very slowly and hold the lights at red until they have safely arrived at the other side. It’s different service delivery for different types of customer.
5. Driving 44 tonne trucks across Europe can be very exhausting. ITS safety systems can monitor the driver’s eye movements and blink rates and sound a warning signal if there is a suspicion of drowsiness.
6. 20 years ago a satellite-based position fixing device was so large and power-hungry it needed a boat or a truck to carry it. SatNavs now can be a part of a cellphone or an in-car accessory and supply reliable position fixes at affordable prices. And despite what the newspapers say there isn’t someone up there with binoculars spying on you: the satellites only supply clock times; all the calculations are done down here on Earth.
7. Fleet managers regularly use satnavs to plot where their lorries are so that they can radio advice on how to avoid congested areas or re-route them to deliver stock to shops in response to changes in customers’ demands or to visit markets to buy at advantageous prices.
8. The UK’s journey planner “Transport Direct” witnessed a near-trebling of its average daily business in 2009 and also 2010 when very bad weather hit, as travellers used its powerful information and search facilities to get the latest news of problems and find alternative ways to make trips.
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Intelligent detection systems on the radarIntelligent Radar Detection Systems are playing an increasingly vital role in the ITS sector. AGD Systems designs, manufactures and tests a wide portfolio of Intelligent Detection Systems from its UK headquarters in Gloucestershire.
Its innovative, patented, award-winning systems are supplied and deployed across the globe to a worldwide traffic management audience spanning many sectors from intersection and traffic control in urban environments through street lighting control to full speed enforcement on multi-lane highways.
At the forefront of developing new, ground-breaking bespoke radar detection solutions to help a range of customers achieve their ITS objectives, AGD works closely with its global partners and is actively collaborating on new international radar deployments for a range of applications including the rail sector.
Setting the benchmark for ‘Critical Event Capture’ and specialising in the provision of bespoke customer radar systems, AGD’s solutions deliver cost effective, tangible results for international transportation networks. The end-result is enhanced safety levels; improved traffic flow and smoother and more sustainable traffic networks.
Commitment to innovationFor over two decades, AGD has designed, developed and manufactured bespoke technological solutions for the ITS sector.
Its skilled engineers work tirelessly taking valuable learning from earlier generations of radar detectors to continuously develop new, creative solutions offering the very best in design, capability and performance to meet the increasingly complex demands of the global transportation industry.
Twice winners of the UK’s most prestigious business innovation awards, the highly coveted Queen’s Awards for Enterprise for Innovation, AGD’s commitment to continuous, innovative new product development is unparalleled.
A leader in its field, AGD will continue to be a force to be reckoned with; delivering bespoke radar solutions that can be easily integrated into existing transportation infrastructure to deliver premium performance, ease of use and cost effectiveness.
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9. Every London bus – that’s over 8000 units – has been fitted with Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), radio and an on-bus passenger information display and announcement system to deliver ‘next stop’ displays and announcements on the bus, as well as a feed to roadside displays. These services are of particular benefit to visually - or hearing-impaired passengers, infrequent travellers, passengers facing language barriers or people travelling in an unfamiliar area.
10. ITS can provide additional capacity without the time and cost of infrastructure construction. The Automated Traffic Management scheme on the M42 monitors road conditions and as flows build up it switches on the overhead signals to allow traffic to travel on the hard shoulder and adjusts the maximum prevailing speed limit. Trials of these techniques showed significant gains for motorists, the environment and the economy. Average journey times fell by more than a quarter on the northbound M42 carriageway, overall fuel consumption reduced by 4% and vehicle emissions fell by up to 10%. Accidents actually reduced. Managing such a complex service as ATM is beyond the ability of human operators – it needs an Intelligent Transport System to take charge of the varied components and deliver the many benefits.
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11. A supermarket car park uses number plate recognition on entrances and exits to enforce limited waiting. This reduces customer waiting time by raising the turnover of spaces. If you want to stay longer than the free period you use “Pay & Display” tickets.
[Yes, there’s 10 examples, not 11. ITS often deliver a 10% productivity gain] For an ITS information
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Westminster City Council undertakes a 12 month extended trial of Zenco’s LaneWatch Mk2 unattended traffic enforcement camera solution after an initial trial proves successful
A 12-month trial of eight unattended cameras is being carried out in Westminster to enforce a range of moving traffic offences. The city council has already carried out a four-week trial of two ZenGrab LaneWatch Mk2 units. The cameras, supplied by Zenco Systems, were used to monitor infringements of a coach ban on St Georges Drive and a 7.5 tonne weight restriction at the Carlton Hill Junction with Maida Vale.
The council said the LaneWatch Mk2 cameras proved to be “highly accurate, automatically capturing contraventions with over a 99% degree of accuracy.”
More than 1,000 contraventions were captured during the trial, but no penalty charge notices were issued. This compared with only 271 contraventions being captured at both locations over a 12-month period through the use of wireless CCTV cameras, mobile CCTV and ANPR vehicles.
A further six LaneWatch Mk2 cameras are being installed at various locations around Westminster to capture a range or contraventions including prohibited turns, not complying with no entry signs and driving in a pedestrian zone.
“The key basis of evaluation will be whether the cameras are effective in improving compliance,” he said. “The council will closely monitor the number of contraventions recorded in each location and expects these to decrease as compliance improves.
“Case studies from other local authorities suggest that once LaneWatch cameras have been installed contravention levels remain consistent for around an eight-week period before reducing by, in some cases, up to 75%.”
The LaneWatch Mk2 cameras use a combination of traditional ANPR technology and the latest video analytic technology to provide end-users with an enforcement ‘tool box’. Each camera can be configured to detect specific contraventions from simple bus lane enforcement and vehicle classification to more complex moving traffic enforcement. Digital ‘evidence packs’ that show the possible contraventions taking place are wirelessly transmitted to the review system for an operator to make an informed decision as to whether a contravention has taken place. These evidence packs include a high resolution video clip both in close-up and in contextual overview together with supporting data such as the time, date and location of the possible contravention are included.
Alongside the deployment of unattended cameras, Westminster has decommissioned 50 of its 179 legacy parking CCTV cameras.
Leith Penny, Westminster City Council’s strategic director for city management, said: “We have reduced the amount of CCTV used to monitor parking in Westminster. But we are now trialling automatic cameras to reduce dangerous driving, such as swerving down one-way streets and ignoring no entry signs. These types of manoeuvres can endanger other road users, such as cyclists, and also pedestrians.
“Residents have also asked us to monitor the movements of coaches and HGVs on roads they should not be using, so we hope this will also cut down on noise, disruption and congestion.”
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